Patricky “Pitbull” Freire Seeking Title, Trilogy Fight with Michael Chandler

Patricky “Pitbull” Freire joined Craig Allen on the Fight Night Picks Podcast last week to share his thoughts on the lightweight division

Having fought some of the toughest competition that Bellator has to offer dating back to his promotional debut in 2011, Patricky “Pitbull” Freire’s game plan against well-known UFC vet Roger Huerta (24-10-1), who’s stepping in for Goiti Yamauchi who was forced out due to injury, hasn’t changed much.

“The plan is to go in there, have fun and let my skills flow,” said Patricky with the help of translator Matheus Aquino. “I trained for this fight like I was training to fight the champion — I’m looking forward to knocking him out in the first round.”

Freire currently boasts a 5-1 record dating back to 2016, with finishes over Ryan Couture, Josh Thomson and Derek Campos. His only loss over that span was an unsuccessful title shot against Michael Chandler for the lightweight belt which was vacated by Will Brooks. The elder Pitbull brother has a defined plan in place heading into the latter half of this year, one that includes storming Huerta, taking the gold from Brent Primus and defending against rival Michael Chandler.

“My plan is to fight for the belt,” said Freire. “‘Cause it’s been a long time and I want to have a fair title shot this time with plenty of time to prepare ’cause last time I didn’t have it, I got it on short notice. And ideally I’d win this fight (against Huerta), and I have some time to prepare for Primus at the end of the year, or two months from now or whatever. And then I’d have the chance to defend my title and knock out Michael Chandler too.”

“I don’t want to just knock out Michael Chandler, I would like to beat him up for several rounds before doing that.”

With younger brother Patricio set to defend his featherweight belt against Emmanuel Sanchez in Israel this November, the future is bright for the Freire’s heading into 2019.

“You can expect to see history making performances and results,” said a confident Freire. “We’re going after all of the records and all of those exciting performances and finishes that the fans love a lot and we’ve become known for.”

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